William Cyrus Sprague

Background

Sprague, William Cyrus was born on February 25, 1860 in Malta, Ohio, United States. Son of William P. (Medical Corps) and Martha A. (Roberts) S.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Denison University, 1881. Bachelor of Laws, Cincinnati Law School, 1883.

Career

Practiced in Ohio, Minnesota and Michigan 19 years. President Sprague Publishing Company, Sprague Correspondence School of Law, and Sprague Correspondence School of Journalism (3 separate corporations). Editor National Bankruptcy News and Reports, 1901-1901.

Managing editor American Legal News, 1889-1908.

Managing editor Law Students’ Helper, How to Write, The American Boy (all monthlies), The Lawyer’s International Blue Book, and editor of the Consular News and International Law Notes, 1911-1913.

Achievements

• William Cyrus Sprague has been listed as a notable author by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Commercial Law League of America (president 1895-1896, chairman of the executive committee 1896-1900), Ohio Society of Detroit (president 1904-1905).

Connections

Married Caroline Ellis, June 24, 1885. Married second, Mabel Jones Bush, February 1913.

Father:

William P. Sprague

Spouse:

Mabel Jones Bush

Spouse:

Caroline Ellis